PRAISE FOR BEN OKRI : 'Ben Okri is that rare thing, a literary and social visionary, a writer for whom all three - literature, culture and vision - are profoundly interwoven' Ali Smith. 'Where fiction's master of enchantments stares down a real horror, and without blinking or flinching, produces a work of beauty, grace and uncommon power' Marlon James on The Freedom Artist . 'Okri's rhythmic, folk tale-like prose is beguiling.' Sunday Times on The Freedom Artist . 'Okri's otherworldly literary approach has produced masterpieces.' Independent on Sunday . 'Okri's writing has a light-as-air elegance, yet its seriousness keeps the stories gravity-bound.'.